Kevin J Hendricks

US Patent:

20200347787, Nov 5, 2020

Filed:

Feb 6, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/783512

Inventors:

- Farmington CT, US
Sorin Bengea - Glastonbury CT, US
Manuj Dhingra - Glastonbury CT, US
David Gelwan - West Hartford CT, US
Kevin Hendricks - Vernon CT, US
Joshua Adams - New Hartford CT, US
Martin Richard Amari - Glastonbury CT, US
Richard P. Meisner - Glastonbury CT, US
David Lei Ma - Avon CT, US

International Classification:

F02C 9/00
B64D 27/02

Abstract:

A hybrid electric propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine having at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft. The hybrid electric propulsion system includes an electric motor configured to augment rotational power of the shaft of the gas turbine engine. A controller is operable to determine an estimate of hybrid electric propulsion system parameters based on a composite system model and sensor data, determine a model predictive control state and a prediction based on the hybrid electric propulsion system parameters and the composite system model, determine a model predictive control optimization for a plurality of hybrid electric system control effectors based on the model predictive control state and the prediction using a plurality of reduced-order partitions of the composite system model, and actuate the hybrid electric system control effectors based on the model predictive control optimization.